You will recall the scene: England clawing their way back to 2-2 against
Croatia on a rainy night at Wembley. Hold the draw and all would be well.
Qualification for the 2008 European Championship would be secured.

England just needed to tighten up, and the bench knew it. On the sidelines,
the conversation went something like this between Steve McClaren and Terry
Venables, his assistant.

“I’m thinking we should get Owen Hargreaves on, take off a forward, shore
things up in midfield,” McClaren said.